Ford intends to put carbon materials into road cars !

 Focus have bonnet carbon fiber reinforced plastic exhibiting at the Composites Europe event in Dusseldorf, Germany unveiled of ambitious American cars in the use of these materials in mass production.

the bonnet Ford Focus using carbon fiber reinforced plastic.

 Good steel to 5 times, twice as hard, weighs one-third, carbon fiber is widely used in the aerospace and racing. But with its civil production car is still a dream by making long, expensive.



Ca-po  CFRP lightweight half compared to those made ​​from traditional steel, and according to Ford's European Research Center construction time it can also shorten due to the continuous use of the assembly line.
Inga Wehmeyer,engineer about materials research  at Ford's European Research Center analysis: "The main benefit of reducing the weight of the car is the fuel economy but to create automotive components made ​​of carbon materials with the fast, affordable utopia. By doing associated with the experts through research projects Hightech. NRW, Ford is trying to solve the element to support the production of carbon materials".

Project startup Hightech.NRW 2 years ago and will continue until September / 2013 in order to develop methods of manufacturing carbon composite material panels, paint meet the standards, reduce produce time and profitable

Ford said that carbon will not appear in the near future. But manufacturing technology it will be converted to large-scale application.